New Zealand rugby must braces itself for a renewed attack from rugby league with the National Rugby League set to increase it's salary cap and therefore purchasing power, says Paul Gregor in the New Zealand Herald.
"An old conflict rugby bosses thought they had won is set to flare again now that the NRL will almost double its salary cap on the back of a massively improved broadcast deal.
"From 2013, NRL clubs are likely to have a new budget of $7m to spend on players-almost double the $4.3m they have at the moment.
"For the first time in almost 20 years, league will have the financial clout to not only hold its best players but to also lure the biggest names in world rugby.
"Already under siege from Europe and Japan, the last thing the New Zealand Rugby Union needed was another predator in its own territory."
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